Artist: Ilmo Smokehouse Album: Ilmo Smokehouse Label: Roulette – SR-3002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Rockaway Pressing Country: US Released: 1971 Genre: Hard/Blues/Jazz Rock Audio codec: FLAC | lossless Tracklist: A1. Devil Take My Grandma 3:25 A2. Are You Happy 5:35 A3. Movement 1 And 13 9:45 B1. Johnny B. Goode 3:23 B2. Meyer Gold 4:46 B3. Have You Ever Had The Blues 6:50 B4. Pine Needle Bed 2:45 B5. Watch Jimmy Crash 2:32 Personnel: Freddie Tieken - tenor saxophone, rap, vocals, sound effects Keith «Slink» Rand - lead guitar, oh-yeah, percussion Gerry Gabel - piano, flute, harmonica, vocals Craig Moore - bass, vocals Dennis Tieken - drums, vocals The band was formed in 1969 by the Tieken brothers from Quincy, Illinois. They were originally called “Freddy Tieken And The Rockers” and had been playing since the late 1950s. Gerry Gabel and Craig Moore joined from the group “Gonn”. Then they changed their name to “American Music Band”. Then they finally became “Ilmo Smokehouse”. With their aggressive and interesting mixture of hard rock with blues and prog elements, they were always well received. They made a name for themselves by constantly touring and sharing the stage with such giants as “MC5”, “Big Brother & The Holding Company”, “The Amboy Dukes”, “Brownsville Station”, “James Gang”, “Sugarloaf”, “Crow”, “The Flock” and BB King! Their only album was recorded in Memphis at “Beautiful Sound Studio”, owned by Dan Penn from “Box Tops” together with his partner Jim Johnson. Steve Gaines played with them briefly before joining Lynyrd Skynyrd. After Gabel left the band, they became Smokehouse and began playing prog with glitter rock elements